Neighbors Unite to Help Family With Autistic Child

Firefighters, Home Depot and neighbors replace rotting deck for Lake Zurich family.

  Julie Parchment often noticed her neighbors Kelly and Larry Brodeur struggling to help their 10-year-old child Harrison, who has autism. “I always wanted to help them, but wasn’t sure how. I noticed their deck was crumbling and Harrison loves to be outside. We thought maybe the neighborhood could get together and help rebuild their crumbling deck,” Parchment said. Lake Zurich Home Depot helped realize the project with a $6,700 donation of materials, coordinated by Home Depot employee Michelle Lukowski. Kelly got news that her neighbors were planning this project last spring and it couldn’t have come at a better time, she said. “It was Good Friday. My husband was at the park with Harrison and I was home and all these ants were in the …

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